Sharron Angle “unfriends” John McCain

John McCain, who is a “maverick” on the planet where “maverick” is synonymous with “weather vane,” sensed a shift in the wind and took to the Senate floor to denounce the “tea-party Hobbits” who are threatening to toss our economy into the fires of Mount Doom:

The idea seems to be that if the House GOP refuses to raise the debt ceiling, a default crisis or gradual government shutdown will ensue, and the public will turn en masse against . . . Barack Obama. The Republican House that failed to raise the debt ceiling would somehow escape all blame. Then Democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced-budget amendment and reform entitlements, and the tea-party Hobbits could return to Middle Earth having defeated Mordor.

This is the kind of crack political thinking that turned Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell into GOP Senate nominees. The reality is that the debt limit will be raised one way or another, and the only issue now is with how much fiscal reform and what political fallout.

Of course, McCain neglected to mention that he attempted to foist Angle the Crackpot Hobbit off on America by campaigning for her. Nor did he allude to the fact that he elevated the Queen of the Teatards to the national stage by choosing Quitting Bull as his running mate in 2008.

However, Angle was only too happy to remind him:

Ironically, this man campaigned for Tea Party support in his last re-election, but now throws Christine O’Donnell and I [sic] into the harbor with Sarah Palin. As in the fable, it is the hobbits who are the heroes and save the land. This Lord of the TARP actually ought to read to the end of the story and join forces with the Tea Party, not criticize it.

It is regrettable that a man seeking dialogue, action and cooperation for votes on the floor of the United States Senate has only one strategy to achieve that effort: name-calling. Nice.

Oh snap, Ms. “Second Amendment Remedies!” Here’s hoping Ms. Angle moves to Arizona to primary McCain. Couldn’t happen to a more cynical hack.

Posted by Betty Cracker on 07/28/11 at 03:11 PM • Permalink

Categories: Politics • Election '10 • Election '08 • St. McSame • Barack Obama • BushCo • Bedwetters • Nutters • Sarah Palin • Teabaggery •

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He was a POW, you know.

Comment by meepmeep09 on 07/28/11 at 03:38 PM

Moves to AZ? She didn’t even want to run for the Congressional seat vacated to fill Ensign’s Senate seat.

Comment by M. Bouffant on 07/28/11 at 03:41 PM

I’m betting that McCain’s moment of mavericky lucidity will be followed up by much back tracking and pathetic groveling just as soon as Boss Limbaugh voices his displeasure.

Comment by Speedy on 07/28/11 at 03:51 PM

Sarah Palin has once again demonstrated her weakness and calculating duplicity by failing to call McCain on the carpet for disresepecting the same organization she is scheduled to address multiple times in September, in the role of supporter and quasi-leader.

In fact, she failed ALL of America by allowing McCain to “cage” her during the 2008 Presidential run, and by subsequently lending her endorsement to his 2010 campaign.

By her silence, she is willfully enabling McCain to undermine the Tea Party and, by extension, the Constitution itself. Oh, and also the Alaskan moose, which is a noble creature much admired for its strength, independence and high-protein burger potential.

I demand that Palin rebuke McCain via Twitter this instant, or immediately submit her resignation.

Comment by StrangeAppar8us on 07/28/11 at 04:19 PM

Ironically, this man campaigned for Tea Party support in his last re-election, but now throws Christine O’Donnell and I [sic] into the harbor with Sarah Palin.

You gotta admit the bit about throwing them into the harbor is a nice bit of word play. My precioussss.

Rand Paul tried to get into the mix but he posted a picture of Gollum which casts doubt on whether he’s ever read the damn books.

Comment by Hunger Tallest Palin on 07/28/11 at 04:26 PM

I never read Tolkien (or Lewis for that matter), although I have everything ever written by their pal, Charles Williams, who for my money kicked both their asses.

Everything I know about LOTR I read at The Confluence, which damned it doubly in my mind because I hate thick trilogies in general, and books about Hillary in particular.

Comment by StrangeAppar8us on 07/28/11 at 04:37 PM

@HTP:

You gotta admit the bit about throwing them into the harbor is a nice bit of word play.

Yes, I thought surely she was going for the bus, until she veered into the harbor.

Comment by arguingwithsignposts on 07/28/11 at 04:48 PM

although I have everything ever written by their pal, Charles Williams, who for my money kicked both their asses.

A brief run through the wikis notes he inspired Tim Powers, which was all I needed to know. However I saw this:

Taliessin through Logres

Lewis gives that book a shout out in That Hideous Strength, which is far and away the best of his 3 Sci Fi books. (If I ever mention the Curse of Babel being upon the fReichtards, that’s where I got it.)